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MOSCOW OCTOBER 2009 www.passportmagazine.ru Ballets Russes in Moscow Playground of the People – VDNKh Update on Russian Wines Peter Mamonov and Oleg Yankovsky star in ‘Tsar’ Contents 4 What’s On In October 7 October Holidays 8 Previews 11 Theater 11 12 Ballet Ballets Russes in Moscow 14 Film Peter Mamonov as Ivan the Terrible in Tsar 16 Art Moscow Biennale 14 20 Architecture VDNKh 22 Media The English Language Press 24 Travel Yakutia 24 28 Restaurant Review Osteria Montiroli 30 Wine Tasting Russian Wine Country Update 32 Book Review The Quest for Radovan Karadzic 30 33 Out & About 36 Real Estate Prospekt Mira 40 Community Football: From Journalist to Footballist 40 42 Columns Real Estate Relocation Financial Overview 45 Viewpoint Michael Romanov’s Diary Flintstone 45 48 Distribution List October 2009 3 Letter from the Publisher Beauty Center in Baltschug Kempinski Reopens The beauty salon: Beauty Center Baltschug has reopened. The center guarantees the highest standard of service, English-speaking staff and sensible pricing. This is exactly what business people who need the best possible service need! We provide excellent cosmetology (Kanebo- Sensai Sothys), medicinal spa-routines for hair (La Biosthetique), and an original massage routine – these are only a few of the services that we offer our clients. Happy hours means 20% off during weekdays from 11:00 to 13:00. Clients holding the Privilege Card Baltschug Kempin- ski card enjoy discounts on a continuous basis. Trafalgar Ball The 10th Trafalgar Ball will be held on Saturday October 24 in the ballroom of the Marriott Grand Hotel. The event is organized by the British Business Club. This is the highlight of the expat calendar in Moscow. A sumptuous 4-course dinner, select wines and professional enter- tainment will ensure a most memorable evening. John Ortega The dress code is dinner jackets for the men and ball gowns for the ladies. Attended by many Owner and Publisher high-level British businessmen and their Russian partners, the ball is to be opened by Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Russia, Anne Pringle. This month as the autumn The primary aim of the Trafalgar Ball is to raise money for the British Business Club’s chosen inexorably turns into winter, charity, the Taganka Children’s Fund which provides great support for less fortunate single Moscow’s cultural life really parent families. All proceeds are donated to this charity to enable them to continue their takes off. The Moscow Biennale wonderful work. of contemporary art is in full Details of the Trafalgar Ball can be seen at www.BritishClub.ru and to reserve tickets: british- swing and has now taken over [email protected] 50 exhibition spaces through- out the city. On the other end of the cultural scale, an exhibi- Oktoberfest Festival in Marriott Grand Hotel tion celebrating the 100th an- Every year we celebrate the Oktoberfest festival in Marriott Grand Hotel and this year is no excep- niversary of Daighilev’s Ballets tion. Take a chance to savour famous German delicacies and legendary Munich beer like Spaten, Russes is being held at the Tre- Lowenbrau and Franziskaner from September 19 till October 4 in the Lobby Bar and Samobranka tyakov gallery, and we preview Restaurant of the hotel. During the festival we also welcome guests to Oktoberfest brunches on a variety of ‘minor’ cultural September 20 and October 4. The price is 3,200 rubles in the Samobranka restaurant including events happening this month, house wine, Russian champagne, Spaten beer and other alcoholic and soft drinks. The price of each one of which would be 3,600 rub in Grand Alexander includes the the drinks above mentioned and French wine and major event in a smaller and Prosecco; children – free under 5 y.o, 1,600 rub under 12 y.o. less important city. For reservations please call + 7 (495) 937-0000 The editor reviews Pavel Lun- gin’s film ‘Tsar,’ a film which we predict will cause quite a stir Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow Announces Director of when it finally hits Moscow’s screens in November. Charles Food & Beverage Position Borden, our newly appointed, Michel Wittwer has been appointed director of food & beverage at Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow as of but by no means new to Pass- August 26, 2009. Michel graduated from the Vieux Bois Hotel Management School (Geneva, Swit- port wine and dining editor, zerland) in 1997. His career in the hospitality industry started from the position of a sales manager provides an updated report on in Hotel Kempinski in China. In 2002 he decided to become a member of the Hyatt team. He was wines produced in Russia. Nick offered two options for development – Kirgizia or Chicago. Rees, the Jeremy Clarkson of Michel chose Kirgizia as he wanted to try himself in a new challenging place. He started working Moscow, but without the read- there as a restaurant manager and was promoted to Assistant F&B Director position soon after. ies, continues his expat football After that Michel spent one year in Almaty and was transferred to Hyatt Regency Montreal, Canada series. We take a tour around as director of F&B. the Prospect Mir area with Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow is pleased to welcome Michel to its team. Ross Hunter, and then set off to Yakutia. Enjoy Owner and Publisher Arts Editor Wine and Dining Editor John Ortega, +7 (985) 784-2834 Alevtina Kalinina Charles Borden [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Editor Designer John Harrison Julia Nozdracheva Contributors [email protected] [email protected] Ross Hunter, Elena Rubinova, Deputy Editor Webmaster Nick Rees, Maria Savelieva, Alina Ganenko, Adrian Elena Krivovyaz Alexey Timokhin Carnegie, Ian Mitchell, Vladimir Kozlov, Marina Lukanina, [email protected] [email protected] Sherman Pereira, Andrei Sado, Roman Khripko, Peter Sales Manager Accounting and Legal Services Hainsworth, M. Partridge Valeria Astakhova Vista Foreign Business Support [email protected] Trubnaya St. 25/1, Moscow +7 (495) 933-7822 Editorial Address: Published by OOO Passport Magazine. All rights reserved. Passport occasionally uses material we believe has been 42 Volgogradsky Prospekt, Bldg. 23 This publication is registered by the Press Ministry No. placed in the public domain. Sometimes it is not possible Office 013, 1st floor 77-18639. 08.10.04 to identify and contact the copyright owner. If you claim 109316 Moscow, Russia Printed by Mozhaysky Poligrafichesky Kombinat ownership of something we have published, we will be 93 Ulitsa Mira , 143200 Mozhaysk, Russia pleased to make a proper acknowledgment. Tel. +7 (495) 640 0508 Fax +7 (495) 620-0888 www.passportmagazine.ru 4 October 2009 What’s On In October Thursday, 1st the promising duet to their own techno Saturday, 3rd ground Kill The DJ, responsible for the Vladimir Spivakov Invites Eric and Seb’s LP. A remote signature Emir Kusturica & the The National Philharmonic Orchestra of style upholding a tradition established Non-Smoking Orchestra Russia conducted by Vladimir Spivakov, by The Hacker and Vitalic is all about No Smoking was a punk-infused band performs Niccolo Paganini’s violin con- power of modern techno and electro, established in Sarajevo in 1980, under certs No. 1 and 2. Soloists – Feng Ning influenced by the 1980s: synth disco and the Serbo-Croatian moniker ‘Zabranjeno (violin) and Yuki Manuela Janke (violin), heroic electronic body music. Pusenje’. Lead singer and songwriter winners of the Paganini competition in Shanti Club, 22:00 Dr. Nelle Karajlic was a bit of a thorn in Genoa. Feng Ning won this competi- the side of the post-Tito government in tion in 2006 receiving the Grand Prize Yugoslavia. The band’s debut album Das and attained a unique opportunity to ist Walter (1984), sold surprisingly well, play on one of the most famous violins and spawned the hit Zenica Blues, which by Bartolomeo Giuseppe Antonio boasted sales of 100,000. But the ruling Guarneri “Cannone” (1743). Yuki Manu- forces weren’t about to let Zabranjeno ela Janke ranked second in Genoa Pusenje repeat that success, hence a when she was 18; she plays Stradivari crackdown prevented widespread album “Muntz”. sales and concert appearances from MMDM, Svetlanov Hall, 19:00 taking place. At that time, filmmaker and punker Emir Kusturica joined the band as their bass player and stayed long enough to record Pozdrav iz Zemlje Safari in 1987. In 1998 the No Smoking Orchestra Caspa (club music) composed the music for Emir Kusturica’s Today, Caspa is synonymous with filmBlack Cat, White Cat, which won the underground music. Basically, if you Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival the don’t know Caspa you don’t know same year. Dubstep. With an epic list of tour B1 Maximum, 21:00 dates taking him to every corner of the globe he still finds time to host a bi-monthly night at the world famous Fabric. Not content with running 3 labels, producing dancefloor bomb Julio Iglesias after dancefloor bomb and the ac- This well-known singer has sold over claimed album Everybody’s Talking, 300 million albums in 14 languages Nobody’s Listening, his remix skills are and released 77 albums. According to in higher demand than ever, remixing Sony Music he is one of the top 10 best for the likes of Deadmau5, Miike Snow, selling music artists of all time. Iglesias Depeche Mode and Kid Sister to name rose to international prominence in the just a few. 1970s and 1980s as a performer of ro- 16 Tons Club, 00:00 mantic ballads and his success has con- tinued as he engaged in new musical endeavors. Thus far, he has performed approximately 5,000 concerts.